Abstract: As a dependency of the United Kingdom, Hong Kong is ineligible to
ratify international agreements such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. The United Kingdom ratified the ICCPR and in so doing extended it to Hong
Kong, with certain reservations. Full implementation of the ICCPR in Hong Kong.
requires that it be incorporated into domestic law, however. That was accomplished in
1991 with the passage'of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights. This Article discusses the
incorporation of the ICCPR into Hong Kong law via the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and
the Basic Law, and proposes an interpretation of these three documents which will yield
a possible legal foundation for the continued application after 1997 of the human rights
protections of the ICCPR in Hong Kong.

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Seattle: Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, University of Washington School of Law

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[02PacRimLPolyJ009] The Application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to Hong Kong